Employees tied up in ‘massive’ New York Diamond District heist

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The Wild West came to Midtown on Sunday when at least three armed bandits — one of whom wore what witnesses described as a cowboy hat — bound workers in a massive jewelry-store heist, according to police.

The crooks coolly posed as customers at Avianne and Co. in the heart of the Diamond District, browsing the bling before pulling handguns on the four workers in the shop at the time of the high-noon hold-up, cops said.

The crooks coolly posed as customers at Avianne and Co. in the heart of the Diamond District in New York City.

After restraining the workers with zip ties, the robbers raided the safe and display cases, dumping nearly all of the sparklers into at least one duffel bag before high-tailing it out onto surveillance-camera-lined West 47th Street, according to authorities.

Investigators quickly recovered images of the crew they’ll use in the hunt, police sources said.

The exact take of the daring broad-daylight heist wasn’t immediately clear, in part because the owners were at first kept out of the store while detectives meticulously scoured it for evidence, sources added.